tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post4379289455547564397..comments2024-01-29T00:20:13.608-08:00Comments on Holes in My Soles: The Ballad of Eoghan Ruadh ChulodairJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-91064643830211993402021-02-17T08:46:52.538-08:002021-02-17T08:46:52.538-08:00Hello Jim -
I apologize for sending this so late. ...Hello Jim -<br />I apologize for sending this so late. I'm not even certain if you still look to this site. You asked about Angus Macintosh that came to North America. Interestingly he came to Detroit - where I am from! He later moved right across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario Canada. Here are some details: http://www.windsorscottish.ca/pl-lp-amackintosh.php<br /><br />He erected Moy Hall (named for the clan's hall in Scotland) in Windsor and there is still a Moy Road with gate pillars and a plaque dedicated to Angus. I have a nice photo of my brothers and I in front of the plaque. Parts of the original walls of Moy Hall still exist today.He became a huge part of the beginnings of Windsor, Ontario. <br /><br />We are not decedents of Angus though, we are decedents of the main character of your poem - Eoghan. Maureen Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-23258754104433119122014-03-30T12:26:26.583-07:002014-03-30T12:26:26.583-07:00Hi Maureen, glad to see you enjoyed my wee ballad....Hi Maureen, glad to see you enjoyed my wee ballad. Did you note the comment above yours regarding Angus, Eoghan's brother who was transported to Nth America? Not where your line of ancestry is involved is it? Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-73430503570397773032014-03-29T17:55:46.653-07:002014-03-29T17:55:46.653-07:00I was thrilled to find this site. My Uncle Joe Bra...I was thrilled to find this site. My Uncle Joe Brady has done some research and we are also decendents of Eoghan. My great Uncle Ronnie Hendry (my Grandma's brother - Mary (Hendry) Brady) was the Monseignor at St. Margaret's Church of Roy Bridge, Inverness-Shire. He has since passed. I hope to bring my family to Scotland sometime and will certainly hope to come to this church. <br />Maureen (Brady) Leonard, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-30769692686736319632013-01-11T14:00:37.740-08:002013-01-11T14:00:37.740-08:00As a sergeant he would have had his own troop and ...As a sergeant he would have had his own troop and obviously gained huge respect. Remember the clan regiments consisted of kinsmen, brothers fathers/ sons, cousins fighting side by side so they would look after their own. Interestingly only one Lochaber Mackintosh, Angus, was taken prisoner after the battle he was possibly a brother of Eoghan, he was transported to america and never heard of again. I think that the rest would have been wiped out as they were in the front line. The Irish Cavalry brigade you mentioned elsewhere covered the retreat of Clan Donald, which would have included Eoghan, from the field and they are credited with preventing a lot more casualties. kenny mackintoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372252800039907068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-74180282021241796732013-01-08T14:42:35.458-08:002013-01-08T14:42:35.458-08:00I wonder about Eoghan's standing in the commun...I wonder about Eoghan's standing in the community. When you think about the tragic Culloden charge, and the chaos and devastating effect of grapeshot, musket volley, and bayonet upon the Highlanders in such a short bttle, followed up by cavalry charge and slaughter of those wounded on the field, I cannot but wonder how some valiant few took the time to carry Eoghan from the field of battle when so many were left.<br />He must have been held in high esteem by those who risked all to carry him off and smuggle him back to home so far away.<br />Either he held some community ranking, or he was truly admired by his fellow rebels?<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-16089542008992977572013-01-07T14:49:16.964-08:002013-01-07T14:49:16.964-08:00Hi Jim
I don t know for sure but I think he w...Hi Jim<br /> I don t know for sure but I think he was an ordinary clansman the assumption is that he was a farmer the same as lot of his comrades. Every Highlander considered themselves an equal and their ancestry was very important. He would have been able to trace his ancestry back to 1st Mackintosh chief. <br />Look me up if you're back in Lochaber I can show you the ruins where your ancestors lived in Glernroy<br /> dram's not a problem<br />lyrics <br /><br />Oh where in the whole world, such beauty and grace,<br />As Cille Chairill in the braes of Lochaber, <br />'Neath the green mossy mounds many clans lie asleep,<br />All around are the hills they did wander.<br />In this heaven on earth rest ancestors blest;<br />Their children so true, shall never forget<br />Till the hills fade away and the last tune is played,<br />With love, they will always remember.<br />tune to follow<br />kenny mackintoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372252800039907068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-11779228284028210662013-01-06T01:03:10.846-08:002013-01-06T01:03:10.846-08:00Hi Kenny,
Good to read your extra info. I'd l...Hi Kenny, <br />Good to read your extra info. I'd love to hear the tune your late uncle composed!<br />And you just may see us back there this year Kenny so keep a wee dram of your best Whisky available! Would love to meet up!<br /><br />jimshu@xtra.co.nz is my email. <br /><br />BTW what was Eoghan's position in the community?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-35094721944253751382013-01-05T11:43:12.579-08:002013-01-05T11:43:12.579-08:00Hi Jim
Brought a lump to my throat that st...Hi Jim <br /> Brought a lump to my throat that story.<br />Nice to see you keeping up the reputation of a very brave man. I am a descendant of Eoghan myself still resident in Brae Lochaber so probably a cousin of your own. <br />Our tradition has it that Eoghan was a sergeant in the Keppoch Regiment of the Highland Army and fought throughout the entire campaign joining at the raising of the standard at Glenfinnan was at all the battles including the march to Derby and back. His heroism was noted at the Battle of Falkirk where he was wounded protecting his dying captain. In spite of an inextractible musket ball in his shoulder he continued to join the fight at Culloden. When wounded by grape shot to his legs his comrades put him on a pony with which he made his way alive back to Lochaber. We understood he later died of his wounds here concealed by his relations before burial in a place of honour behind the door within the chapel walls. <br />My late uncle composed a lovely wee tune in praise of Cille Choirril which I can forward to you. kenny mackintoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14372252800039907068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-23567361234526645072012-08-02T10:20:52.498-07:002012-08-02T10:20:52.498-07:00Thank you for these photos and remembering good so...Thank you for these photos and remembering good soles that cemeteries are not their exilesBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703527647384628719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-25844795786985440732011-12-12T02:53:04.338-08:002011-12-12T02:53:04.338-08:00gorgeous, gorgeous photos -- especially the one lo...gorgeous, gorgeous photos -- especially the one looking past the tombstones to the church in the distance. great perspective.<br /><br />and you're a poet, too?? <br /><br />no end to your talents ;-)Dangerous Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442306921276302945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-1153310090819354582011-12-06T18:23:35.112-08:002011-12-06T18:23:35.112-08:00Gee, thanks Elizabeth. Barbara Weibel from Hole in...Gee, thanks Elizabeth. Barbara Weibel from Hole in the Donut Cultural travels posted this on Facebook and so was good to see it revived. <br />Glad you enjoyed it. You sound like you have a bit of Scots in your blood.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-18336587420835976652011-12-06T17:26:26.156-08:002011-12-06T17:26:26.156-08:00I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this Jim! Thi...I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this Jim! This post was the most enjoyable post I have read in a long time. Awesome pictures, awesome facts, awesome verse, awesome history - it has it all and more! Very well done and thank you.Elizabeth Younghttp://gardengatewares.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-59890310422281418182011-11-03T20:09:41.140-07:002011-11-03T20:09:41.140-07:00Hi Caz, thanks for that, very welcome encouragemen...Hi Caz, thanks for that, very welcome encouragement. I think the subject just lends itself to that approach though, could be a straight narrative like my earlier one on Cille Choirill but I just instinctively felt this was the way it had to be done. .Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-77695014464201211162011-11-03T20:03:41.181-07:002011-11-03T20:03:41.181-07:00I love how you embrace poetry on your blog Jim! Yo...I love how you embrace poetry on your blog Jim! You are following your passions and not paying attention to those who say it can't be done. you prove it can~!<br />I love it and I love the picturesCaz Makepeacehttp://ytravelblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-79413850000547155232011-10-06T19:36:08.572-07:002011-10-06T19:36:08.572-07:00Loved this one, mate. The photos were a really nic...Loved this one, mate. The photos were a really nice accompaniment to the poem, and I really dug the rhyming scheme you used as well. Very old school.<br /><br />I really do need to integrate poetry back into my writing again. You've painted a vivid picture of what looks to be a fascinating and beautiful place.Aussie on the Roadhttp://www.aussieontheroad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-65601489236167557662011-10-06T13:37:32.469-07:002011-10-06T13:37:32.469-07:00the graveyard and grave stone photos are creepy an...the graveyard and grave stone photos are creepy and beautiful at the same time!jadehttp://vagabond3.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-79594285723053364002011-10-05T20:14:33.610-07:002011-10-05T20:14:33.610-07:00I love the interior of Cille Choirelle and the vie...I love the interior of Cille Choirelle and the view is a dream. I love churches and this one looks like a gem.Lisahttp://www.wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/hammockinparadisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-41627112493942250472011-10-05T02:59:47.312-07:002011-10-05T02:59:47.312-07:00Fantastic - you have a talent for poetry.Fantastic - you have a talent for poetry.robinhttp://alotofwind.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-74162315040607801062011-10-04T13:48:31.480-07:002011-10-04T13:48:31.480-07:00What started out as a travel destination article b...What started out as a travel destination article but then when writing the words they seemed to form rhyming lines so I just went with that instinct. It became an exercise in horizontal and vertical rhyme- even within some sentences it was quite easy to pull up 3 or four rhymes and maintain the tempo. I laughed when I came up with - The Pope ordained Ailean maintain... and then the - Does Red Ewen ken his descendants then.... I thought I was overdoing it. But then it all fits within the melody I wrote it to.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-24333041935577582011-10-03T22:24:10.389-07:002011-10-03T22:24:10.389-07:00Got his address John!?
Ya reckon mate?Got his address John!?<br />Ya reckon mate?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-20522729426497060222011-10-03T21:24:39.405-07:002011-10-03T21:24:39.405-07:00Briliant Jim! So good I reckon you should forward ...Briliant Jim! So good I reckon you should forward it to Billy Connolly and he would put it to music - I can just hear it now! I'm serious!John in Francehttp://www.blog.france.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-6597515411582236892011-10-03T18:41:04.360-07:002011-10-03T18:41:04.360-07:00Thanks Shirlene. I guess both countries may share ...Thanks Shirlene. I guess both countries may share similar features.<br />Thanks for the vote on the poetry...yeah may be inspired to do more.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-91077681107695466192011-10-03T17:50:56.807-07:002011-10-03T17:50:56.807-07:00Love the poetry! Keep this up! I too thought it wa...Love the poetry! Keep this up! I too thought it was Ireland if I didnt' read your commentary!Shirlene from Idelishhttp://www.idelish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-60070156750698099772011-10-03T16:50:24.601-07:002011-10-03T16:50:24.601-07:00It was the same when we visited Wandering Educator...It was the same when we visited Wandering Educators. I lightened the photo up a wee bit but you can still tell from the clouds how grey and rainy it was. Very spooky place.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618511960243841803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839632013669425872.post-62535716008347715942011-10-03T13:15:03.118-07:002011-10-03T13:15:03.118-07:00love this - when we were at culloden, it was a gre...love this - when we were at culloden, it was a grey and rainy day. happy to see it in the sunshine!wandering educatorshttp://www.wanderingeducators.comnoreply@blogger.com